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Areal Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 1, 2023Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at May 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 1, 6:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 4:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 1, 4:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 1, 4:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 1, 5:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 1, 6:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
624 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 AM     FLOOD            2 SW RARITAN            40.55N 74.66W
05/01/2023                   SOMERSET           NJ   PUBLIC

            RIVER ROAD IN HILLSBOROUGH IS CLOSED ALONG
            THE RARITAN RIVER DUE TO FLOODING.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth100 min
Apr 30, 8:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Apr 30, 10:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex3 hr
Apr 30, 10:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset24 hr
Apr 30, 10:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBurlington13 hr
Apr 30, 10:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic6 days
Apr 30, 10:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren50 min
Apr 30, 11:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset117 min
Apr 30, 11:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic32 hr
Apr 30, 11:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren5 hr
May 1, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI90 min
May 1, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
May 1, 12:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris48 hr
May 1, 12:47 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more10 hr
May 1, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
May 1, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
May 1, 2:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington7 hr
May 1, 3:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic4 days
May 1, 3:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset27 hr
May 1, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean9 hr
May 1, 10:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISomerset6 hr
May 1, 12:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Passaic65 hr
May 1, 12:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester54 hr
May 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren37 min
May 1, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren44 min
Apr 30, 8:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester3 hr
May 1, 2:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery3 hr
May 1, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester3 hr
May 1, 2:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery2 hr
May 1, 3:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBucks5 hr
May 1, 5:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia6 hr
May 1, 5:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.